I want to create a little Clojure library that creates cached relational systems in the style of Ben Moseley's "Out of the Tar Pit" (http://web.mac.com/ben_moseley/frp/paper-v1_01.pdf), which is something that I think would serve me better than just nested maps for something. I'm at the planning stage right now, and I'm pondering two questions:
- Should a relation's data be internally represented by: - A set of vector tuples, plus a vector of the tuples' attribute names - A set of array maps - A set of struct maps (which may be replaced by deftyped maps) - (Each have their pros and cons for performance and elegance.) - (I've read http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/e0823e1caaff3eed which is may be related to this, but the relations' guts are meant to be off-limits by the API, so it doesn't really apply.) - I also want to be able to use these relational systems as both immutable data and mutable data. Should a mutable relational system be: - A single ref containing the entire relational system data structure - A modified relational system data structure containing refs containing single relations What do you think? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
